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The occurrence of male-to-female intimate partner violence on days of men's drinking: the moderating effects of antisocial personality disorder.

Fals-Stewart W, Leonard KE, Birchler GR

Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA. wstewart@ria.buffalo.edu

In this study, the moderating effects of antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) on the day-to-day relationship between male partner alcohol consumption and male-to-female intimate partner violence (IPV) for men entering a domestic violence treatment program (n=170) or an alcoholism treatment program (n=169) were examined. For both samples, alcohol consumption was associated with an increased likelihood of nonsevere IPV among men without a diagnosis of ASPD but not among men with ASPD (who tended to engage in nonsevere IPV whether they did or did not drink). Drinking was more strongly associated with a likelihood of severe IPV among men with ASPD compared with those without ASPD who also drank. These results provide partial support for a multiple threshold model of intoxication and aggression.

Published 30 March 2005 in J Consult Clin Psychol, 73(2): 239-48.
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